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• Project title
• Food Safety - Forming a European platform for
  protecting consumers against health risks
• Project coordinator
• Oddur Mar Gunnarsson
• Nordic Innovation Centre

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• The Background
• The Nordic Council of Ministers require that
  all the Nordic countries
• participate actively to solve problems of
  common interest to ensure safe
• food of high quality through a sustainable
  production.
• The Nordic Council of Ministers want to
  strengthen the Nordic influence
• in international negotiations and processes
  and strengthen consumer
• influence on food matters and policy related
  to food safety.
• The Nordic Council of Ministers require that
  all the Nordic countries
• should participate actively to influence the
  EU in the direction of Nordic
• goals and values. Protection of consumers
  against health risks and
• protection against misleading information is
  essential.

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The Vision To build a staircase to European
excellence in food safety research programming
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The Background of the Staircase
2004 ERA-NET SAFEFOODERA
2003 ERA-NET PERIAPT
2003 ERA-NET PROFORSAFE
2002 NRA-NET Processing for food safety
1993 NRA-NET NordFood
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Building the staircase

• by stimulating European countries to develop food
  safety research programmes with transnational
  activities
• by balancing the need for research and funding at
  national, regional and European level
• by stimulating open communications between
  authorities (EFSA, regional/national),
  industries, consumers and scientists based on
  scientific knowledge

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Food Safety European Research Funding EU -
Sixth Framework Programme 5 - 7
National Research Programmes 93 - 95
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Ancient Chinese Proverb

• If you hesitate to take the next step, you may
  be left standing on one leg for the rest of your
  life

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• The primary objective (1)
• is to establish a European platform for
  protecting consumers against health risks from
  the consumption of food through a co-ordination
  action ERA-NET of 15 Member States, 3 Associated
  Countries and 2 regional organisations
  representing in total 450 million European
  citizens

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The participants
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• The primary objective (2)
• From each country one representative from a
  public body responsible for financing or managing
  research activities on food safety issues carried
  out at national or regional level is appointed to
  the European Steering Committee (ESC), which will
  have the overall responsibility for directing and
  managing the work.

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• The primary objective (3)
• Representatives with high standards of scientific
  excellence will be appointed to the European
  Expert Advisory Group (EEAG), providing
  scientific and technical support when requested
  by the ESC.

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• The primary objective (4)
• The ESC and the project management will work
  closely together to compare ongoing and proposed
  activities in the national food safety research
  programmes of the participating countries, and to
  investigate the scope for strategic co-operation,
  harmonisation and development of joint programmes
  of activity.

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2008 A European platform for protecting
consumers against food health risks
The Staircase to the Future
Transnational Activities
External communication
External communication
Joint Activities
External communication
Strategic Activities
External communication
Information Exchange
01.08. 2004 ERA-NET SAFEFOODERA
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The benefits Short term
Learning from each other (Best Practice)
Long term Lasting transnational research
within food
safety topics of key importance to European
consumers, authority and industry
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SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework
WP2 Information Exchange

• The objective of the workpackage is
• the overall follow up on co-ordination and
• management, including the organisational
• and financial responsibility for the
• implementation of the ERA-NET.

WP3 Strategic Activities
WP4 Joint Activities
WP5 Transnationally Activities
WP6 External Communication
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework
WP2 Information Exchange

• The Project Coordinator (PC) will call the
• ESC meetings. The agenda will include
• scientific and technical objectives of the
• project, including work plan of each WP
• technical deliverables
• external communication, including reports to
• be published
• financial status and administrative matters

WP3 Strategic Activities
WP4 Joint Activities
WP5 Transnationally Activities
WP6 External Communication
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework

• All the ESC members must participate
• actively in and between the meetings by
• providing all information needed to perform
• the various tasks in the agreed timeframe.
• make every effort to maximise exploitation of
• the results obtained.
• disseminate the work and outcome by
• informing appropriate national bodies in
• your country.

WP2 Information Exchange
WP3 Strategic Activities
WP4 Joint Activities
WP5 Transnational Activities
WP6 External Communication
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework

• The PMG will meet regularly, at least every
• 3 months. The tasks will be to
• prepare the next ESC meeting as directed by
• ESC.
• discuss all strategic and administrative issues
• to be presented and decided by the ESC.
• On request from ESC or the PC, ad hoc
• meetings will be organized when needed.

WP2 Information Exchange
WP3 Strategic Activities
WP4 Joint Activities
WP5 Transnational Activities
WP6 External Communication
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework
WP2 Information Exchange

• The PMG will oversee and steer the co-
• ordination activities in the six
  workpackages.
• The workpackage task facilitators (WPTFs)
• will organise and manage the work in all
• participating countries.
• The PMG will ensure progress in line with
• stipulated milestones and deliverables.

WP3 Strategic Activities
WP4 Joint Activities
WP5 Transnational Activities
WP6 External Communication
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework Milestones and
deliverables
WP2 Information Exchange

• M1 - 1st ESC meeting, month 1
• M5 - 2nd ESC meeting, month 12
• M13 - 3rd ESC meeting, month 18
• D6 - 1st annual report to the Commission,
  month 18
• M26 - 4th ESC meeting, month 36

WP3 Strategic Activities

WP4 Joint Activities

WP5 Transnational Activities
WP6 External Communication
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Workpackages
WP1 Management Framework Milestones and
deliverables
WP2 Information Exchange

• D9 - 2nd annual report to the Commission,
• month 36
• M33 - 5th ESC meeting and the final project
• meeting, month 48
• D21 - 3rd annual report to the Commission,
• month 48
• D29 - 6th project newsletter Final report of
• SAFEFOODERA, month 48

WP3 Strategic Activities

WP4 Joint Activities

WP5 Transnational Activities
WP6 External Communication
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SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4
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Coming together is a beginning. Keeping
together is progress. Working together is
success
Henry Ford
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Provisional strategic topics
WP2 Information Exchange
Management of programmes and evaluation
practices

• The participants will work closely together to
• compare practices in programme and
• project evaluation, management and
• analysis/communication procedures
• compare ongoing and funded
• activities in the national food safety
• research programmes

1. Emerging risks
2. Risk analysis
3. Contaminants
3.1 Process induced risk
4. Traceability
5. Pathogens
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WP2 Information Exchange
Provisional strategic topics

• The objectives
• To define best practice and to
  develop
• harmonised evaluation, management
• and analysis/communication procedures
• Milestones and deliverables
• M4 - Comparison of evaluation criteria for
• project funding, month 12
• M10 - Comparison of practices in programme
• management, month 18

Management of programmes and evaluation
practices
1. Emerging risks

2. Risk analysis

3. Contaminants

3.1 Process induced risk

4. Traceability

5. Pathogens

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WP2 Information Exchange
Provisional strategic topics

• The objectives
• To identify a procedure or a system
  to
• proactively describe new or
  re-emerging
• chemical and/or microbial risks
• Milestones and
  deliverables
• M3 - Identification of best practice
  (scientific
• criteria) in programming concepts on
• research on emerging risks, month 12

Management of programmes and evaluation
practices
1. Emerging risks

2. Risk analysis

3. Contaminants

3.1 Process induced risk

4. Traceability

5. Pathogens

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WP2 Information Exchange
Provisional strategic topics

• The objectives
• 1. To identify complementarities
• between topics in ongoing or
  funded
• national or regional programmes
• Milestones and deliverables
• M2 - Comparison of national/regional
• food safety research programmes,
• month 9

Management of programmes and evaluation
practices
1. Emerging risks

2. Risk analysis

3. Contaminants

3.1 Process induced risk

4. Traceability

5. Pathogens

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WP2 Information Exchange
Provisional strategic topics

• The objectives
• 2. Clustering of projects and the
• exchange of information on project
• goals in overlapping or
• complementary areas
• Milestones and deliverables
• M11 - A posteriori clustering of research
• projects, month 18
• D3 - Report on the a posteriori
  clustering
• of research projects, month 18

Management of programmes and evaluation
practices
1. Emerging risks

2. Risk analysis

3. Contaminants

3.1 Process induced risk

4. Traceability

5. Pathogens

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SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4
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Workpackages
WP6 External Communication
WP1 Management Framework

• The participants of the participating countries
  will work closely together to
• To establish links to consumer groups,
  industry,
• authorities, the scientific community and
  non-participating
• Member States to promote their involvement
  in food
• safety.
• The set up and maintenance of the projects
  web site that
• is to be used for most of the
  communication and for the
• exchange and dissemination of information
  throughout
• the duration of the project

WP2 Information exchange
WP3 Strategic activities
WP4 Joint activities
WP5 Transnationally activities
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Workpackages
WP6 External Communication The tasks objectives
WP1 Management Framework
The objective is to establish links with
stakeholders to facilitate pan-European
dissemination and exploitation of project
results, including the execution of common plans
for dissemination. It will also ensure early
engagement with other eligible funding bodies in
Europe to maximise the potential for a wider
network.
WP2 Information exchange
WP3 Strategic activities
WP4 Joint activities
WP5 Transnationally activities
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Workpackages
WP6 External Communication Milestones and
deliverables
WP1 Management Framework
D7 - Flyers about the 1st Seminar with
1) consumer groups and industry,
2) authorities 3) representatives from
non-participating member States
1st project newsletter, month 22 M17 -
1st Seminar with authorities, month 24 M18 -
1st Seminar with non-participating member
States, month 24 M19 - 1st Seminar with
consumer groups and industry, month 24 D13 -
Proceedings for the 1st Seminar with
consumer groups and industry,
authorities representatives from
non-participating member
States 2nd project newsletter, month 25
WP2 Information exchange
WP3 Strategic activities
WP4 Joint activities
WP5 Transnationally activities
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Workpackages
WP6 External Communication Milestones and
deliverables
WP1 Management Framework
D14 - Flyers about the 1st Seminar with
the scientific community 3rd
project newsletter, month 26 M22 - 1st Seminar
with the scientific community, month 28 D16 -
Proceedings for 1st Seminar with the scientific
community, month 29
WP2 Information exchange
WP3 Strategic activities
WP4 Joint activities
WP5 Transnationally activities
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Workpackages
WP6 External Communication Milestones and
deliverables
WP1 Management Framework
D22 - Flyers about the 2nd Seminar with 1)
consumer groups and industry, 2)
authorities 3) representatives from
non-participating member States
4th project newsletter, month 40 M29 - 2nd
Seminar with authorities, month 42 M30 -
2nd Seminar with non-participating member States,
month 42 M31 - 2nd Seminar with consumer
groups and industry, month 42 D25 -
Proceedings for the 2nd Seminar with consumer
groups and industry, authorities
representatives from non-participating member
States, month 43
WP2 Information exchange
WP3 Strategic activities
WP4 Joint activities
WP5 Transnationally activities
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Workpackages
WP6 External Communication Milestones and
deliverables
WP1 Management Framework
D26 - Flyers about the 2nd Seminar with
the scientific community 5th
project newsletter, month 44 M32 - 2nd
Seminar with the scientific community, month
46 D28 - Proceedings for 2nd Seminar with
the scientific community, month 47
WP2 Information exchange
WP3 Strategic activities
WP4 Joint activities
WP5 Transnationally activities
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